The mountain we must move is unbelief. Unbelief grieves the heart of God and causes Him pain. God does not wink at unbelief. There is a series of agonies we will go through that leads to a place where we pray the ultimate prayer. The place is Gethsemane. After fasting, prayer and weeping we will cry just as Jesus cried, "Not my will but thy will be done." The victory comes when we are absolutely convinced of the love of God.

Dry spells always follow mountain top experiences or times when we have been blessed by God. The Lord teaches us things about His nature by the trials we endure here on earth. If you are on dry ground you are on your way to a great miracle. Dry ground is a pathway to the Promised Land. It's on dry ground that the enemy is defeated and the wheels of pharaohs' chariots fall off. Dry ground is where Jesus reveals Himself to us. God has promised that out of dry places NEW LIFE will spring up.

When Jesus tells the story of the rich man and Lazarus, he is speaking of the two great dilemmas of the human condition – poverty and self-indulgence. In a surprising twist, it is the self-indulgent who is condemned while the suffering Lazarus finds a home in heaven. As billions across the globe are suffering extreme poverty, many Americans, even Christians, are dangerously engaged in lives of self-indulgence.